Attorney reviewed · 14 states covered
Answered reads your summons, finds the weaknesses in the plaintiff’s case, tracks your deadlines, and drafts your legal documents — so you can defend yourself without a lawyer.
What Answered does
Most debt cases are won on procedure and technicalities. Answered finds them.
Deadline tracking
Answer deadline, return date, counterclaim SOL — computed from your service date. Never miss a court date.
Weakness detection
SOL expiration, missing chain of assignment, unverified complaints, improper service, itemization failures.
Defense playbooks
Step-by-step guidance on arbitration motions, standing challenges, and SOL defenses — in plain English.
Answer drafting
Court-ready Answer with affirmative defenses and statute citations, generated from your case facts.
Motions & discovery
Motion to compel arbitration, motion to dismiss, discovery requests — drafted for your state's rules.
File by mail
We print, sign, and mail your Answer to the court. No courthouse trip required.
How it works
Works in a browser or on your phone. No app install required for the web version.
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Upload or scan
PDF from your computer, or scan with your phone camera using our QR code flow.
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Review your case
See deadlines, weaknesses, and your defense strategy — all from your documents.
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File your defense
Download court-ready documents or have us mail them for you.
Coverage
Every state’s legal logic was reviewed by a licensed consumer-rights attorney before launch. More states coming soon.
Get started
Cases sync between platforms automatically.
Web app
Upload documents from your computer. Full defense workflow in any browser. No install.
Open web appHonest about what we are. Answered is a self-help legal tool, not a law firm. We don’t give legal advice and we don’t replace an attorney. If you can afford a lawyer, hire one. If you can’t — which is most people — Answered gives you the best shot at a real defense.